Classes

Stained Glass Seminar

Fee: $40

Supply fee: $5 to instructor

1 Sunday April 25 9am-Noon

1 Sunday June 6 9am-Noon

Instructor: Melanie Hovey

This hands-on class introduces students to copper-foil method (Tiffany style) stained glass craft by completing a small project. You will design a small sun-catcher, select and cut the glass, grind each piece, foil them and then solder the glass pieces together. All supplies provided.

Ceramics

Fee: $75

Supply Fee: Clay is purchased from the gallery for $1/pound and includes glazes/firing.

6 Sat Apr 13 - May 8 10am-12:30pm

Instructor: Phyllis Boateng

Designed for beginning ceramics students, this class is structured like a workshop so that intermediate students can work independently with the guidance of a skilled instructor close at hand. You’ll be introduced to clay, while learning many of the methods used for building, surface decoration, glazing, and finishing hand-built pottery or sculpture.

Intro to PMC

Fee: $45

Material fee: $36.00 materials fee for silver & borrowed tools

1 Sunday May 16 11am-4pm

Instructor: Diane Leischow

Yes you can…turn a lump of clay into beautiful silver jewelry! Precious Metal Clay is polyurethane clay with minute particles of silver imbedded in it. Once it is fired in a kiln, it becomes .999 fine silver, the purest form. In this class we will make about three pairs of earrings. Some students may wish to make pendants instead. You are welcome to bring favorite stampers, leaves (small), or anything that makes an interesting texture. After class the instructor will fire, polish, and return your jewelry to Lemon Street.

Floral Design 101

Fee: $70

Supply Fee: $40 to instructor

6 Mondays Apr 5 - May 10 6:00 - 8:00pm

Instructor: Pam Porlier

Spring is in the air, and Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Learn basic floral design: flower care, materials used and arrangement. You will make and take home five fresh-flower arrangements and one silk arrangement over the six week class. Instruction will cover bud vases, corsages/boutonnières, small arrangement, dozen-rose vase, silks, and Mother’s Day fresh arrangement.

Encaustic Painting Seminar

Fee: $50

Supply fee: $12 to instructor

1 Saturday June 26 9am - 2 pm

Instructor: Kathleen Laybourn MFA

Encaustic is an ancient method, which combines oil paints, varnish and beeswax to create a textural painting of remarkable color. The paint/wax mixture is applied with a palette knife, then heated until it melts and flows. This class is for beginner and intermediate painters. Bring oil paints if you have them and a lunch.

Intro to Acrylic Painting

Fee: $70

5 Thurs Apr 29 - May 27 6:30 - 8:30pm

Instructor: Eric Houghton

Learn all the basic painting skills while you turn your ideas into an original art piece. Instruction will cover design concepts while planning your work, learning to mix colors, and paint application techniques with assistance from an artist who LOVES to paint. Students will need a picture or photo of what they'd like to paint, their own acrylic paints, brushes, a palette knife, water container, acrylic gel medium and a 18 x 24 or smaller canvas.

Felted Wool Flower Pin

Fee: $45

2 Saturdays Apr 17 - 24 11am - 1pm

Instructor: Beth Dary

Just in time for Mother's Day, create a unique wet-felted flower pin and learn techniques for making additional felted baubles. Focus will be on making a "blossom" from wool roving, and also learning to make "snakes" and balls that can all be put together to make fun jewelry on their own, or adorn your flower. The first class students will create a wet-felted flower base that will be stiffened. The second class we will embellish and assemble the dried flower. Basic hand sewing skills are needed to complete your piece. Materials are included in the cost of tuition, but if you have a special button or bead, bring it alom. This wet-felting techniques class is suitable for beginner to intermediate felters.

Beginner/Intermediate Painting

Fee: $75

5 Saturdays May 8 – June 5 9:30-Noon

Instructor: Kathleen Laybourn MFA

Whether you haven’t picked up a paint brush since you were a kid, or you’ve got all the basics down, this is a perfect class to forge ahead. For those of you who don’t know Kathy, she’s a gifted artist, but equally important to her students, she’s a patient, empowering instructor. You will learn a lot from her calm, skilled approach! Oil painters bring your oil paints, no-odor turpentine and Liquin gel medium. Acrylic painters bring acrylic paints, acrylic gel medium, and a container for water. Everyone bring brushes, pallet knife and a canvas, board or whatever surface you wish to paint on. Bring imagines if you want them for reference. If you are buying supplies for the first time, give us a call and we will steer you in the right direction.

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Beginning Crochet

Fee: $55

4 Wed April 14 - May 5 6pm-8pm

Instructor: Laura Zielinski

Discover the wonderful world of crochet! In this four week workshop you will learn the basic skills needed to crochet. By the end of the workshop you will have the skills needed to create your own cell phone case, small shoulder purse, wash cloths, etc.

Supplies to bring to class:

1 skein of 4-ply Cotton Yarn

1 crochet hook size F, G or H. (Check your yarn label for the recommended size)

You will learn: Slip Knot, Foundation Chain, Single Crochet, Half-double Crochet, Turning Chain, Binding Off

Hand-made Soap & Luxuries

With Laura Zielinski

Basic Soap Making

Fee: $25

Supply Fee: $13 to instructor

1 Tuesday April 20 6pm - 8pm

The ancient Greeks knew the art of soap making. Learn some of the interesting history of soap while you make a pound of it from scratch like your grandma used to do, with lye and fine oils. You are going to LOVE how gentle the soap is to your skin.

Intermediate Soap Making

Combining Color and Fragrance

Fee: $25

Supply Fee: $15 to instructor

1 Tuesday April 27 6pm - 8pm

Of course you will want to learn how to add fragrance and color to handmade soap to make it uniquely your own. You will create one pound of beautiful soap that is the color and scent that pleases you the most. The Basic Soap Making Class is a prerequisite.

Foot Fantasia Spa Party

Fee: $15

1 Tuesday May 11 6pm-8pm

Come experience the decadence of an Aqua Eterna Spa Party. Each guest will indulge in a wonderfully soothing foot spa experience while learning about Laura’s entire line of Home Spa Products for you to enjoy. You are welcome to bring your favorite slippers to snuggle your tootsies into after their spa experience. The featured fragrances for this spa session will be Lavender Peppermint and Mongolian Steppe (a Lemongrass Gingergrass Essential Oil combination.) Fee includes both the Foot Fantasia Spa Party and a gift bag that includes a small Sweet Scrub or Glycerin Bath Salt and Lip Lotion. (This evening you will be enjoying Aqua Eterna spa products, rather than making them.)